Pickles from Space: Extending Alaska’s Food Independence
Efforts to expand Alaskans’ diet beyond 95 percent imported foods are drawing from the fields of medicine, mental health, and even outer space.
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Radar Work Earns NASA Honor for UAF Leader
NASA gave one of its highest national honors to UAF’s Nettie La Belle-Hamer for her work in synthetic aperture radar.
New Magnetic and Radiometric Surveys Provide Raw Data for Interior Mineral Exploration
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is publishing two new airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys—one for the White Mountains north of Fairbanks and one near Eagle in the eastern Interior.
Hecla Greens Creek Endows UAS Environmental Science Program
The owner-operator of the Greens Creek silver mine on Admiralty Island is donating $300,000 to create an endowment in support of the UAS environmental science program in Juneau.
Alaska Science Forum: Midwinter Rain-on-Snow a Game Changer
A crust of ice is aggravating for moose, lethal for their calves, inconvenient for smaller mammals, yet a boon to wolves. Interior Alaska may have to get used to it.
Alaska Science Forum: Plastic Rain in Southeast Alaska
A Juneau researcher presented findings to the American Geophysical Union fall meeting of microplastic particles collected in rain samples, likely blown in from the ocean.